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Halifax (mostly) has a budget, a March 9-13 council recap
Season 4 Episode 93
This week is a return to normalcy which is to say clipped shows.
This week starts off host Matt Stickland's opinion of this year's budget.
And then…
2 months, 1 week ago
HRM's debt crisis is finally here
Season 4 Episode 92
It's been a full week of budget committee and a full weekend of SEDMHA hockey and a birthday party or two. Our team is taking a nap instead of writin…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
The politics of austerity, a Feb 23-27 council recap
Season 4 Episode 90
In this episode host Matt Stickland recaps last week's council meetings, the good, the bad and the austerity.
Even by our lax standards these show n…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
Book club bonus: Interview with Wes Marshall
Can't make book club today? Don't worry about it! Here's an interview with the author of Killed by a Traffic Engineer, Wes Marshall, who wrote this m…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
We need to talk about Joanne Macrea, a Feb 16 - 20 budget ctee recap
Season 4 Episode 90
Man what a week that was! Mayor Andy Fillmore is on a tear during budget season and is clearly working as hard as he can to tank the city so we get a…
3 months ago
Killing kids to save money, a Feb 9-13 council recap
Season 4 Episode 89
This week is a bit of an odd one, as it had five full days of council meetings and host Matt Stickland had five full days of plague in his house.
Th…
3 months, 1 week ago
Eating our cake and having it too, a Feb 2-6 council recap
Season 4 Episode 88
Budget season rolled on last week as councillors started debating the operational budgets of the city's various business units. Before getting into t…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
But it might work for us, a Jan 26-30 council recap
Season 4 Episode 87
Hello sportsfans, it was a busy week at city hall with a full meeting of council, and two budget committee meetings.
Halifax is in dire financial st…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
Do you wanna build a book club?, a Jan 19-23 ctee recap
Season 4 Episode 86
Budget season is back in earnest this week so RIP to all of Matt's free time and that's one of the reasons the recap part of the show is so short. Bu…
3 months, 4 weeks ago
Shoes and cars and shared responsibility, a Jan 12-16 council recap
Season 4 Episode 85
In this show, before the ad break we go over what happened on Tuesday's council meeting, with a brief sidebar into road safety and why councillor Cat…
4 months ago